| 释义 |
finished, ppl. a.|ˈfɪnɪʃt|
[f. as prec. + -ed1.]
1. In senses of the vb.:
a. Brought to a conclusion, ended.
b. Completed.
c. That has passed through the last process or stage of manufacture or elaboration.
1583Stanyhurst Aeneis iii. (Arb.) 93 At leingth kept he silence, with finnished historye resting. 1682Creech Lucretius (1683) 62 End their almost finisht race, and die. 1801Southey Thalaba vii. xxx, From the finish'd banquet now The wedding guests are gone. 1833J. Holland Manuf. Metal II. vii. 185 It is not an uncommon thing..to purchase a finished stove, take it to pieces, and use the..pieces as models. 1857Mrs. Carlyle Lett. II. 338 They most likely will not live to see the finished book. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) V. 7 Rather the materials for a work..than a finished composition. 1887Daily News 23 Nov. 2/7 Bleached and finished linens are in good request.
2. Consummate, perfect, accomplished.
1709Steele Tatler No. 126 ⁋1 Lydia is a finished Coquet. 1718J. Chamberlayne Relig. Philos. Pref. (1730) 42 If not by finished Atheists, yet at least by unsettled and wavering Minds. 1831Henslow Let. Darwin in Darwin's Life & Lett. (1887) I. 167 Not in the supposition of your being a finished naturalist, but as amply qualified for collecting. 1844Disraeli Coningsby iii. ii, The finished gentleman. c1850Arab. Nts. (Rtldg.) 236 He possessed a countenance of the most finishd beauty. |